Automobile curtain-support.



l. B. BARTON. AUTOIOBILE 0UBTL-II SUPPORT'. APPLIUATIOI FILED 1130.21. 1910. I

1,017,643. Patented Feb. 2o, 1912. l

MERLE B, BARTON, F PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMOBILE- cun'rAiN-surroa'r. i

i specification ef Letters Patent.

Applietien alea neeemtera, i910.' serial ne. 599,442.k

To 'all whomt may concern: I

.Be 'it' known that I, MERLE B. BAirroN, a

citizen of the vUnited "States, l residing at Peoria, in'thecounty o f Peoria anftate' .of llllnois, have invented, certain new and'useful Improvements in Automobile Curtain- Supports; an'd I do .hereby declare'that the followingii's a full,l clear, and. exact description" of the invention, which will en`- able othersskilledin the art to. which pertainsto make and use the samel l to av side curtain 'in conjunction therewith.-

for the door of an automobile.

'Ihe'object of the linvention .1s to provide a curtain for-the door of 'a vehicle Vthat can beeasilyattached land detached all `ofwliich .will be readily understood'rom the accom panyiiig drawing in which',

Fig. (t is a plan of a portion of the curtain Qhofwn in Fign. Fig, 5. vshoivs the curtain perspective, Fig. 961 anelevatin: of the inner-side OiJthefc'irt-ain and s hoyvs'anff elevation.. of la'. modified; form of :carrying frame.v

' 'rile ieee ef @the .whales-indicated Fig. 1 by the letter A thel canopycrimp of the .vehicle together.; vW ith"its'-side y'ciirta-ius `by B, andthe; curtaiii`attachinent for 'the door by lC and in Fig. 6 the curtain Vis indi# cated by AC1 which I usuallycons'truct separate from the top -B altliough, of course, -it

could constitute vva. part'of the .latter at. the hinge." side vof the .There 'are several methods which may'be'resorted .to .for-,hold- .in the curtain a fewv of vvhichfl, have show-n.

f n Fig. 1, for. c x'ample,a-Ushaped frame is illustrated fat. l). in broken lines. The lower extremities of the upright portions ot'tlii's rameinaylbe secured on the door :inl anyg00d manner but preferably in 511611 `a manner.. that it can be readily attacked and detached without the removal of nuts or bolts. For example','I may place :either on theinner or outer' side of the door a. airof socket-membersEinto which the said extremities of the frame maybe 1nit vauf Sertedes shewe'in Fig. 2 and thereheid, if

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desired, by 'means of thumb screws F, al-

though the-latter` may not be used.

perspective in Fig. 5. At each vertical edge" it is provided with a loop'G created for example, by turning overv the edge of the ma terial and sewing or otherwise attaching the .This invention relates to `cover; igatops said edge t0 the body of the curtain in the for vehicles and pertains more particularly V position indicated in Fig. 4 in plan so that saidcurtain inay be slidable upon the frame. The top portion ofthe curtain extends above these loops and tothis said portion described. .With. thisstructure the frame' may be slipped into the loops, the .hooks-v Figure 1 isa side elevation oan-automa. A bile showingmy attachment. Fig.'2 shows the innei side of alluautomobile door in perspective, Fig. 3' is an elevation of the inner sideof ai curtain forthcdoor showing a frame on 'which it is carried.

being 'used to holdthe curtain in. place, the

said curtain being made of the properV Width so asl-to be stretched upon 'the frame whereby .so as to be stored away u nder a seat. I t con' `sis'ts. oit-upright membersv J tothe v4upper end of,each of which is.' pivotally attached -one end .of an arm K; the opposite ends b f'the -s a id arms being pivotally connected as indi'- cated -at-llf "In this forml one edgefoffthe I curtain n'i'jay be sewed at M along one'of-.the

said uprights 'J and may be slidable thereon,

whilefit's opposite edge as well as'its'ftop edge, 'may be, hooked upon tlieupright J and arms respectivelyby means of hooks N corresponding to the? hooks Figs. 3

and 5.v In "adapting this ormof curtain for'sto'ring it away it is only necessary to swing the arms K on the pivotL. and bring the uprigh'ts J' toward onev another asfilluse 'trated inbroken lines afterunfa'stfening the hooks N. The armsand the uprights can` thus be. brought into very close relation, the.

curtainbeing Wrapped about them and without danger of breaking the celluloid window usually employed: .Howeve r said ainis K may be replaced by a single memberor cur-'- tain support such as P 1n` Fig. 7, for ex.

to the members J so that the three parts will ample, in which event its ends .are pivo'tedl v ifold and lie parallel to one another, 'thecuri types of curtain vholder herein by havingtain being removedto permit such to be brought into parallelism.

I provide a support for thedoor `'curtain which may be quickly 'removed lfrom the door without great effort and may be 'stored away this bemg especially easily `accomplished by reason' yof the fact thatsaid cur-y 'stated it is my preference to use one-thatcan be slipped into position and held by friction. y I may not connect the two upright-inemby the members D, K,P in which case the curtain may be attached permanently to thev vsaid uprights and when removed from the door the entire d vice maybe readily made into ai roll tb be ored away. The folding noi-7,643

their parts collapsible occupy but a very small place when s tored'away in the vehicle;

f In combination" with @vehicle door, a .c ollapsible curtain holding\ frame consisting of two uprights, a separatemember pivoted uprights, said. membersbeing pivotally con'- nectcd ait-their .free endsgfineans'for detach- A'ably securingthef1-.amato the door, and a curtain secured at one ofits .edges to one of the uprights, and means' at its opposite In testlmony whereof my signature. in presence of two witnesses.

MERLE B. BARTON.

lVVii'nesses: l

L.' M. THURLOW,

E. J. Annson.

.at one end to the upperendbf each of said .edge to detachably sefnlre that edge to the opposite upright. bers ofthe formsvshown in Figs. l, 3, and 6 Having described riry invention I claim': f A 

